• Title: High Altar-Ashford
  • Reference Code: IE/NIVAL EC/334
  • Level of Description: Item
  • Creation Dates: [1800-1999]
  • Extent And Medium: Diazotype Size: 69.7 x 57 cms
  • Creators:
  • Repository: NIVAL

Scope and Content

Diazotype, with colour overpainting, of design for Altar, including altar table, tabernacle, candlebench, reredos and canopy. Altar is decorated with carved, gothic architectural motifs, statues in niches, and relifs carvings of angels. Altar is also decorated with columns of coloured marble. Sheet also contains a pencil detail of the design for the tabernacle.

Annotations in pencil, 'Design High Altar Good Shepherd Convent Ashford', 'Height 18ft Width 11ft', 'Caen stone', 'Red onyx columns', 'Sicilian marble candle bench slab', 'Sicilian marble altar table slab', 'Sicilian marble', 'Green marble columns', 'Groups caen stone', 'Caen Stone', 'Statues caen stone', 'Green onyx or Connemara green', 'Caen stone', 'Red onyx', 'Red onyx', 'Throne for monstrance under canopy', 'Throne for crucifix not under canopy', 'Size of Tabernacle safe 13" high 13" width 14" deep', 'Square top to tabernacle. Door to be covered with veil'. 'Earley & Co Camden St. Dublin'.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Slight torn around edges, and stained.

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